Spotify’s stock price has been on a promising upswing, with analysts setting ambitious targets as shares edge near $400. The last time SPOT approached this mark was in early 2021, fueled by high-profile content deals, but concerns over profitability and market pressures pulled it down to the $70s in 2022. Under CEO Daniel Ek’s direction, Spotify shifted focus to profitability, cutting unnecessary expenditures. Analysts are optimistic, with targets ranging up to $490 from firms like Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank, driven by projected subscriber growth, podcasting, and ad revenue.
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Mark Zuckerberg Dethroned: Three 22-Year-Old Mercor Founders Become Youngest Self-Made Billionaires
Mercor’s 22-year-old founders have become the world’s youngest self-made billionaires after a $350 million funding round valued the AI recruitment startup at $10 billion, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg’s record. Mercor, a fast-rising recruitment startup powering AI model training for Silicon Valley’s biggest labs, has created the world’s youngest self-made billionaires. Three 22-year-old cofounders, including two Americans of Indian origin, have dethroned Mark Zuckerberg as the world’s youngest sel
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Soho House Acquired for £2 Billion as Ashton Kutcher Joins Board
Private members' club chain Soho House has been snapped up for $2.7bn (£2bn) by a consortium involving Hollywood actor turned investor Ashton Kutcher. The group opened its first club in London in 1995, and now has 46 Soho Houses in Europe, North America and Asia, as well a string of other up-market hospitality businesses. It is widely regarded as being a popular haunt of A-list celebrities, and one of its London venues was reportedly where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their first date.
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Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria crash that claimed two lives
In late 2025, British heavyweight Anthony Joshua was injured in a car crash near Lagos that killed two of his closest friends and team‑mates. A BBC report, Anthony Joshua injured in Nigeria car crash that killed two team members, described how the Lexus he was riding in hit a stationary truck on the Lagos–Ibadan expressway, leaving Joshua with minor injuries and his long‑time colleagues Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele dead at the scene. An Associated Press piece, Concerns over Nigeria’s ro
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Trump Announces Withdrawal of National Guard Troops From Some US Cities
US President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing National Guard troops from several US cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, after a Supreme Court ruling last week undermined his authority to use troops for policing. "We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again," Trump wrote on Truth Social on New Year's Eve. Earlier on Tuesday, the Trump administration withdrew its legal attempts to keep control of troops deployed in LA. Last wee
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The Quiet Comeback of Physical Media
Contemporary media is built around streaming and subscriptions, but there is a small, noticeable backlash that treats physical stuff—DVDs, CDs, vinyl, even print books—as a kind of analog flex. Physical music sales are on track for their first overall increase in about twenty years, with vinyl still growing and CD declines slowing enough to nudge total album units up a few percent. Writers covering the trend point out that collectors, superfans and a lot of Gen Z buyers are driving that change,
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Cardi B Contacts Sweet 16 Victim Shot Multiple Times In Brooklyn
Cardi B offered words of comfort and encouragement to a teenage shooting victim following a violent incident that disrupted a Sweet 16 celebration in Brooklyn on December 14. The Grammy-winning artist reached out privately after learning the injured teen was the cousin of a close family friend, according to a video later shared online. Cardi B surprises her friend’s little cousin with a call and gifts after she was shot multiple times in a mass shooting at her Sweet 16 party in NY 🙏🏽💯 pic.t
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